Belt tool



7 Feb. 16 1926;

E. A. SMITH I BELT TOOL Filed Jan- 13, 1925 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 WITNESSE,ATTORNEY Feb. 16, 1926.

E. A. SMITH BELT 'rooL Filed Jam, 13, 1925' 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 jmzs rfl6mm,

W ITNESSGSI ATTORNEY Patented Feb. 16, 1926.

' *U-N-ITEDTSTA E L ERNEST A. SMi' lI-I,

.BELT

Application filed ,Il'annary To all whom. z't mayconcemi 1 c c Be itknown thatl, Ennnsr 'A SMITH, a citizen or" the Un ted States, resd1ngat Barr in the count of Guthrie and Eitztte of J: I 7 Iowa haveinvented new and useful In1- 9 i r H provements 1n Belt Tools, of whichthe following 1s a specification,

This '1nvent1on comprehends the provi sion of a tool designed forassociation-with; a belt pulley. tOwfiCllltElllQ the application v of abelt thereto,.the too'lbeing susceptible of adjustment to accommodateitself to pul leys of different widths and diameters.

The nature and'advantages ofthe inv en ,tion will be better;understoodwhen tli tol:

lowingd'etail descriptionis' readin connection with the accompanyingdraw1ngs,fthe

? invention residing in the combination, con- 7 using the tool.

Y struction: and arrangement "of parts as an claimed.

In the drawings forming part of thisapplication,like numerals ofreference indicate similar parts in the several views and wher n: o i*igure lis a view showlngthe manner of Figure 2 is a plan view of thetool shove ing it associated with a belt pulley for use. Figure 3 isView showing a portion of a belt pulley and one of the positionsoccupied f by the tool while inuse.

F igure4 is a sectional viewon line 44 ofFigure 3.

Figure 5 of Figure 3. i

The tool forming the subject matter of my invention comprises a leverwhich is slightly curved longitudinally as shown and is a sectional viewon line 51- 5 which terminates to provide an ofiset exextremity 11 ofthe lever and projecting in the same direction therewith, wh etheopposite end of this element is elongated and slotted as at 16, theslot receiving a headed element 17 carried by the lever. Secured to theoffset extremity of the angular shaped element is an arm 18 whichterminates to provide a down turnedhook 19 aror RRY}. town.

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ranged adjacent 1191110015 13, farm 18 projecting an appreciabledistance beyond the side o-f'the lever 10 upon which the element 14 ispivoted for'a'purpose' to be present-1y described. Secured to the,undermeat '20 isadjustable longitudinally of the arm18'tOWardIand'faWay from the hook 19 thereot'fso that the tool can beadjusted to accommodatepulleys of diffe'rentjwidths, In Figure 1,1 haveillustrated theposition' of the tool'upon' the pulley. indicated at 24:,the hooks 13 and 19 engagingone side o t'the pulley while'the hook 2Oisadjusted to'engage the opposite side of the pulley as 5? wxi,' thearnilS'beihg arranged transversely of thepulley and projecting an ap pre ciable' distance beyond one side thereof.

OFFER sideof thearm 18 is an additional hook like element 20 whichisslotted as at 21 to receive an adjustable element 22 carried by thearm 18. Manifestly, the hook-like ele By reason of'the slot and pinconnection 1 6 17 between theleverIO and-the angularshaped element 1 1,it: is apparent that" the hooks l3 and19maya1so be adjusted relativelyso that the tool may be associated with pulleys of difi'erentdiameters.With the device positioned upon the pulley in the manner illust-ratedinFigu're 1, the belt to be applied is supported upon the arm 18as' shown,It is of courseto be understood that this belt is first applied to one01": a pair of'pulleys, the opposite end of the belt being supported bythe arm 18 which is carried by the secondarypulley element indicated'at2 1. The lever 10 is then grasped by the operator and is utilizedto'turn the pulley approximately a half a revolution, during which timeone edge of the belt is pushed by the lei-t hand of the operator overthe adjacent edge'of the pulley 24, it-being understoodthat it is onlynecessary to slip a portion of the belt over the pulley initially, asthe belt will position itself on the pulley subsequently during theoperation of the machine of which the pol leys forma part. After thepulley has been and the portion of the belt posi ioned upon the belt asdescribed, the vtool occupies a position illustrated in Figure 3,wherein it is arranged between the lower and upper runs-of the beltwhere it is readily accessible so that it, can be easily removed fromthe pulley. The'tool' is ver simple in construction andcan be readi yapplied toior turned approximately a half a revolution removed from thepulley as the occasion requires, and its use makes it possible for oneman to apply a reasonably tight belt to a pulley in a manner specified.

While it is believed that from the foregoing description the nature andadvantages of the invention will be readily apparent, I

desire to have it understood that I do not' limit myself to What isherein shown and described, and that such changes may be resorted towhen desired, as fall within the scope of what is claimed.

\Vhat I claim is:

l. A tool of the character described comprising a lever, a hook-likeelement secured to one end of the lever and projecting laterallytherefrom, an arm arranged transversely of the lever and projectingbeyond both sides thereof, said arms terminating to provide a hookarranged in juxta-position to the first mentioned hook, means forassociating the arm with the lever, and a hook-like element carried bythe arm at a point in its length. I

2. A tool of the character described comprising a lever, a hook-likeelement secured to one end of the lever and projecting laterallytherefrom, an arm arranged transversely of the lever and associatedtherewith, said arm terminating to provide a hook arranged injuXta-position to the first mentioned hook, and a hook-like elementsecured to the arm at a point in its length and adjustablelongitudinally thereof for the purpose specified.

3. A tool of the character described comprising a lever slightly curvedlongitudinally and terminating to provide an offset extremity, ahook-like element carried by said extremity and projecting laterallyfrom the lever, an arm arranged transversely of the lever and associatedtherewith, said arm terminating to provide a hook arranged injuXta-position to the first mentioned hook and projecting from the leverin the same direction therewith, and a hook-like elementcarried by thearm and adjustable longitudinally thereof for the purpose specified.

4. A tool of the character describedecomprising an angular-shaped lever,a hook- Jike element carried by one end of the lever and projectinglaterally therefrom, an angular-shaped element pivoted at a pointbetween its ends on said lever, a slot and pin connection between thelever and one end of said. element, anarm carried by said element andarranged transversely of the lever, said arm terminating to provide ahook arranged in juxta-position to the first mentioned hook, and ahook-like element carried by said arm and adjustable longitudinallythereof for the purpose specified.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signa ture.

ERNEST A. SMITH.

